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W. E. HOSCH, DEC'D. j. n. uoscu. ADMINISTRATRIX. CARRIAGE FOR COUNTERATTACHMENTS.

APPLICATION FlLED NOV. l5, I-9II. 1,336,231 P en ed Apr- 6, 1920.

5575i INVENTOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER E. HOSCH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; ANNIE MAE HOSCH,ADMIHIS'I'BATBIZ OF it SAID WALTER E. HOSCH, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO THEMEASUREGRAPH COHPANY,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

C ARRIAGE FOR COUNTER ATTACHMENTS.

Specification a: Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application filed November 15, 1917. Serial No. 202,134.

To all whom it may contern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. HosoH, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Carriages for Counter Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to store service apparatus, such as a salesmansaccessory. The apparatus to which I have described my invention asapplied in the following specification, includes a cloth measuringinstrument or machine which is mounted upon the counter so as to bewithin the convenient reach of the salesman. This machine is mounted sothat it may be moved along the counter to any point at which it is to beused. In the operation of the instrument the cloth, or other goods to bemeasured, is pulled through the machine, usually in a direction parallelwith the counter. The actuation of the mechanism of the machine by thecloth naturally generates considerable tension or pull in the cloth, andthis force would tend to pull the machine along the counter. The generalobject of this invention is to provide very simple and efficient meansfor supporting the measuring instrument on the counter, in such a way asto permit the machine to be readily moved along the counter ifsufficient force is applied to it but in such a way as to offer asufficient resistance to prevent the machine being pulled along thecounter by the cloth when being measured. It is also an object toorganize the parts in such a way that it is unnecessary to makeadjustments to take up wear of the parts.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

My pending application Serial No. 154,373 for improvements in counterattachments included a disclosure of means for efi'ecting the objects ofthe present invention.

In the drawing which fully illustrates the preferred embodiment of myinvention,

Figure 1 is a front elevation indicating a cloth measuring machinemounted on a carriage embodyin my invention and showing a portion oftfie track which operates to guide the carriage along the counter;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a portion of the carriage, illustratingthe manner in which the same operates. This view also section on theline 22 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and furtherillustrating the relat1on of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the edge of the counter and throughthe track, and illustratin the manner in which the carriage is gui edalong the track;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing one of the track engaging membersremoved from the carriage; and I Fl%'. 6 is a plan of the parts shown inig. 7 is a view in rear elevation of a modified construction ofcarriage.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents a counteraccessory of any kind, for example, a cloth measuring machine.

This machine has a throat 2, through which the cloth is pulled in orderto actuate the mechanism of the instrument, and indicates the length ofthe cloth and the price of the cloth at a dial (notshown) on the upperside of the instrument. The machine 1 is mounted on a pivot or stud 4carried at the upper end of a post 5. In order to enable the height ofthe instrument to be adjusted,

the post 5 slides through a guide sleeve 6,

sisting of a pair of se arated rails 10 and 11,

which may e secure to the face of a back rail 12 attached on the edge ofthe counter 13. (See Fig. 4.) And I also provide means for actuatingthis movably mounted means to hold the same in forcible engagement withthe track.- That is to say, I provide means for engaging the track atone point and additional means for engaging the track at another pointalong its length, and I provide means for constraining one, or both ofthese means so as to force the same against the track. In this way theengaging means operates to guide the bracket along-the track and alsoaffords considerable resistance to the movement along the track. Thisresistance is sufiicient to prevent the measuring machine from beingpulled along the track by the cloth when being measured. In thisconnection, it should be understood that the machine 1 is movable on thepivot 4, so that it can be secured in a position at right angles to thatin WhlGl'l it is shown in Fi 1; in this latter position the cloth wouldhe pulled through the throat 2, in a direction parallel with the rails10 and 11.

t In order to attain these results the movably mounted means referred toabove, is preferably in the form of two members or shoes 14, each shoebeing ivotally attached to the side of the bracket on a suitable pivotbolt 15. On each pivot 'bolt 15 there is loosely mounted a roller 16 andeach shoe is also rovided with a roller 17 which is attached at a pointremoved from the pivot point 15.

It will be seen that the roller 16 operates as means for enga 'ng thetrack at one point and the roller 1 operates as additional means toengage the track at another point along its length. However, it shouldbe understood that this function of en aging the track at differentpoints along its en is not necessarily performed by a roller as thesefunctions could be performed efl'ectivelyby a shoe or blockcorresponding to the roller 16 and another shoe or block corres ondingto the roller 17.

Kssociated with the members 14 I pro-- vide means for yieldingly movithem, that is to sa rotating them on their pivots so as to hol therollers 17 forcibly against the under side of the upper rail 10, and byreason of the reaction exerted at this point the rollers 16 are forciblypressed against the upper face of the lower rail 11. In other words therollers 16 and 17 are held against the adjacent faces of the rails withsuch force that they offer considerable resistance to the movement ofthe bracket along the track. The adjacent faces of the rails 10 and 11have shallow curved grooves 18 formed in them, and these grooves receivethe correspondingly rounded edges 19 of the rollers.

The bracket 8' is provided on its upper edge with a horizontal flange 20directly over the upper edge of the shoes 14. This flange will ermit avery limited rotar movement 0 each shoe about its pivot, this rotarymovement being sufficient to throw therollers 16 and 17 of each shoe outof hori zontal alinement. This separating of the rollers 16-and 17 in avertical direction, of course, operates to hold them respectivelyagainst the rails.

In order to provide a force tending to move the shoes in this way, andhold them yieldingly against the rails, I provide a coil spring 21 whichis associated with the shoes in such a way that it tends to rotate themin the direction suggested The coiled spring 21 is a tension sprin andis attached at its ends to the extremities of arms 22 which project downfrom the under sides of the shoes.

In order to guide the free edges of the shoes 14 I prefer to provide thebracket with a keeper plate 23, (see Figs. 2 and 3) which is attached byscrews 23 to a vertical face 24 on the side of the sleeve; and the edgesof this plate project over the ends of the shoes, being received inrabbet grooves 25, on the ends of the shoes. It should be understood,however, that the roj-ecting edges of the plate 23 do not t tightlyagainst the shoulders of the rabbet rooves in such a way as wouldprevent t e free movement of the shoes.

In Fig. 2 the carriage is illustrated as in the act of being introducedbetween the ends of the rails 10 and 11. In effecting this the rollersof one of the shoes are shoved between the rails and the carriage isthen shoved along the rails until the rollers 17 and 16 of the unengagedshoe pass successively into the space between the rails.

The rollers 17 are secured on pivot screws 26 and the pivot bolts 15have screw heads 27 which facilitate their attachment to the shoe bymeans of suitable nuts 28 attached to their ends.

The rollers 16 and 17 are of slightly less diameter than the distancebetween the adjacent faces of the rails 10 and 11. But this differenceis very slight and only sufficient to give clearance, toenable eachroller to rotate without engaging both rails simultaneously.

Vith the construction and organization of pants described above, it isevident that the spring 21 tends to separate the rollers 17 and 16 in avertical direction, forcing one set of rollers against one of the railsand the other set of rollers against the opposite rail. Under the actionof this pressing force, the rollers offer considerable frictionalresistance, although the carriage can be readily moved along the trackby taking hold of it with sutlicient force. It is evident also that thespring 21 will operate to take up any wear of the rollers on their pivotpins and therefore it is unnecessary to make any adjustments to insurethe continued forcible engagement with the rails after the parts becomeworn from continued use.

A modified form of the invention is shown in Fig. 7 in which one of thetrack engaging members is guided to slide in a vertical direction andimpelled to more in that direction by springs. Referring to this view,28 represents the bracket carryin a guide sleeve 29, undthis brackethas'a on tudinal flange 30 similar to the flan e 20. Tlnder this flangeand on the face 0 the bracket 28", I provide two fixed guide plates 31,32 secured by screws 31, and between which a vertically movable shoe orplate 33 slides.

This shoe is guided on the edges 34 and 35' these springs is to forcethe shoe 33 upthe track, hot

wardlyso that its roller 40 tends to move out of line with the rollers41 of the guide plates, and so that its roller will be pressed againstthe upper rail. The flan 30 limits the upward movement of the 8 0e 33and prevents it from becoming dis laced when the bracket is removed fromt e rails. In order to hold the shoe on the face of the bracket 28, twoscrews 42 are provided passing through enlarged openin s 43 which permitthe free guiding of the s cc by the guide plates.

It is evident that by reason of the curved faces of the rollers andcoiiperating curved faces of the rails, the carri will maintain itsupright position althoug the weight of the carriage and the measurininstrument may be exerted out of line with t e rollers.

It is understood that the embodiment of the invention describedhereina'bove is only one of the forms or embodiments my invention maytake, and I do not wish to be limited in the practice of m invention norin my claims to the par-tic a-r embodiment set forth. 7

What I claim is 1. In a counter attachment, the'combination of acarriageadapted to move along a track, comprisin a bracket, means movaly mounted on sai bracket for iding the bracket along the track,additlonal means mounted on said bracket for engagingthe track atanother point along its ength and also operatin "to guide the bracketalong the said means operating to engage the track to resist themovement of the bracket along the track, and means for actuating one ofthe aforesaid means to cause the same to normally engage the track.

2. In a counter attachment, the combination of a carriage adapted tomove along a track, com rislng a bracket, means movably moun movablymounted on said bracket for engaging the track at another pcmt along itslen h, both of said means eoiiperatmg to gui e the bracket alongthetrack, and means on said track for guiding the bracket along the track,additional means for actuating both the aforesaid means to cause thesame to normally engage the track and offer a resistance to the movementof the bracket along the track.

3. In apparatus of the class described, a carriage adapted to move alonga pair of rails, comprising a bracket, means movably mounted on saidbracket for guiding the bracket along the rails and for yieldinglyengaging the adjacent faces of the rails to resist the movement of thebracket along the same, and a spring for actuating said means to forcethe same against the rails.

4. In apparatus of the class described, a carriage adapted to move alonga )air of rails, comprising a bracket, :1 pair 0 members movably mountedon said bracket for A guiding the bracket along the rails and foryieldingly engaging the adjacent faces of the ralls to resist themovement of the bracket along the same, and a spring associated withsaid members for forcing the same against the rails.

5. In apparatus .of the class described, a carriage a apted to movealong a pair of rails, compmsing a bracket and air of members pivotallymounted on said racket, rollers carried thereby for engaging theadjacent'faces of the rails, and a tension spring for pulling saidmembers toward each other and to hold the rollers in engagement with theadjacent faces of the rails.

6. In ap aratus of the class described, a carriage adapted to move alonga pair of rails, comprising a bracket, a pair of shoes )ivotally mountedrespectively on said brackets, a roller carried by each shoe on itspivot for engaging one of the rails, and another roller carried by eachshoe at a point removed from its pivot for engaging the other rail, anda sprmg associated with said shoes tending to rotate the same on theirpivots, and operating to maintain the rollers in forcible engagementwith the adjacent faces of the rails.

7. In apparatus of the class described, a carriage adapted to 006 cratewith rails having grooves in their a jacent faces, said ,my hand.

WALTER E. HOSGH.

